LATAM Leaders Rally Behind Colombian President After Trump\u2019s Accusations<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe FTA is de facto suspended and by unilateral decision of the U.S. government. By imposing a 10% tariff, the FTA has already been violated, and the former tariff preferences that kept Colombia under U.S. control have become null and void,\u201d the Colombian leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States is Colombia\u2019s main trading partner. Both countries have maintained an FTA since May 2012. In 2024, bilateral trade in goods and services totaled US$53.3 billion, consisting of US$28.3 billion in U.S. exports and US$25 billion in imports from Colombia. That year, the United States posted a trade surplus of US$3.3 billion, according to data from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to comments by former President Ivan Duque (2018\u20132022) about the possibility that the new crisis with Washington could affect the FTA, Petro said that trade preferences \u201chave been unilaterally broken by the United States\u201d since April, when Colombia\u2014along with most Latin American countries\u2014was added to the list of nations subject to a 10% tariff, the lowest on the U.S. schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will respond intelligently. We have maintained the clauses of the FTA that survive because we have chosen to, but the Ministry of Trade has decrees that I have not yet signed, reflecting Colombia\u2019s position in defense of national labor and humanity\u2019s survival,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday I will review the measures we will take with the foreign minister, the vice president, our ambassador to the United States, the ministers of Trade and Agriculture, the official in charge of the illicit crop substitution program, and the defense minister. Colombia will craft an intelligent response to this irrational threat,\u201d Petro said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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